PIETRO See also:

• PIETRO ARETINO (1492-1556)

ARETINO (1492-1556)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian author, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1492 at See also:

• AREZZO (anc. Arretium)

Arezzo in See also:

• TUSCANY
• TUSCANY (Toscana)

Tuscany, from which See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place he took his name . He is said to have been the natural son of See also:

• LUIGI

Luigi Bacci, a :See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of the See also:

• TOWN

town . He received little See also:

• EDUCATION

education, and lived for some years poor and neglected, picking up such scraps of See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information as he could . When very See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young he was banished from Arezzo on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of a satirical See also:

• SONNET (Ital. Sonetto, dim. of Suono, Fr. Sonnet)

sonnet which he composed against indulgences . He went to See also:

• PERUGIA (anc. Perusia)

Perugia, where for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he worked as a bookbinder, and continued to distinguish himself by his daring attacks upon See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion . After some years' wandering through parts of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy he reached See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, where his talents, wit and impudence commended him to the papal See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court . This-AREZZO favour, however, he lost in 1523 by See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing a set of obscene sonnets, to accompany an equally immoral See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of drawings by the See also:

• GREAT

great painter, Giulio Romano . He See also:

• LEFT

left Rome and was received by Giovanni de' See also:

• MEDICI
• MEDICI, GIACOMO (1817-1882)

Medici, who introduced him at See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan to See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis I. of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . He gained the See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• GRACES, THE, (Gr. X&panes, Lat. Gratiae)

graces of that monarch, and received handsome presents from him . Shortly after this See also:

• ARETINO, PIETRO (1492-1556)

Aretino attempted to regain the favour of the See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope, but, having come to Rome, he composed a sonnet against a See also:

• RIVAL

rival in some See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low amour, and in return was assaulted and severely, wounded . He could obtain no redress from the pope, and returned to Giovanni de' Medici . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of the latter in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1526, he withdrew to See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice, where he afterwards continued to reside .

He spent his time here in writing comedies, sonnets, licentious dialogues, and a few devotional and religious See also:

• WORKS

works . He led a profligate See also:

• LIFE

life, and procured funds to satisfy his needs by writing sycophantish letters to all the nobles and princes with whom he was acquainted, This See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan proved eminently successful, for large sums were given him, apparently from fear of his See also:

• SATIRE (Lat. satira, satura; see below)

satire . So great did Aretino's See also:

• PRIDE, THOMAS (d. 1658)

pride grow, that he styled himself the " divine," and the " See also:

• SCOURGE (Ital. scoriada, from Lat. excoriare, to flay, corium, skin)

scourge of. princes." He died in 1556, according to some accounts by falling from his See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair in a See also:

• FIT

fit of See also:

• LAUGHTER

laughter caused by See also:

• HEARING (formed from the verb " to hear," O. Eng. hyran, heron, &c., a common Teutonic verb; cf. Ger. Koren, Dutch hooren, &c.; the O. Tent. form is seen in Goth. hausjan; the initial h makes any connexion with " ear," Lat. audire, or Gr. &Kobew very doub

hearing some indecent See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of his sisters . The reputation of Aretino in his own time rested chiefly on his satirical sonnets or burlesques; but his comedies, five in number, are now considered the best of his works . His letters, of which a great number have been printed, are also commended for their See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . The dialogues and the licentious sonnets have been translated into See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Academie See also:

• DES

des Dames .